Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 17:42
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 577 75% 567 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.65 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.5 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1145 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (64) Unknown 100 100 2761024 (65) Unknown 100 100 277136 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1198 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 845 (B7) Unknown 98 98 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 167504773149 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 9 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7209 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2428 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4184 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3503 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 21	68.8% Good	Read 480 Write 230 Mixed 219 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 13.3 92% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 31 69% 147 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 511GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9042 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3703 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 69 303038482 (C2) HDA temperature 79 68 353370133 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 317589 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 61.9 Mixed 56.3 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.32 67% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 27.7 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 29.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	914x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	323x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16